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Bahrain - you can't force them to have a revolution if they don't want to. They made some protests, but its quite apparent by now, they don't want anything more than that, and more frankly they can’t do anything more than that.

Only Muslims we have forgotten are the Rohingya Muslims, because unfortunately there are no political interests there.

Conference on Rohingya to be held in New York next week

The Free Rohingya Coalition (FRC) will host an international conference at Barnard College, Columbia University in New York City on Feb. 8 and 9.

The two-day conference, with the participation of world renowned scholars, UN envoys, activists and refugees, will call for accountability and protection for national minorities in Burma, also known as Myanmar, the FRC said in a statement on Friday.

"This is a rare convergence of academics and activists hailing from and with expertise on Burma [Myanmar], with humanitarians and international criminal law practitioners," it added.

The FRC is a leading global activist group led by and for the Rohingya people, according to the statement.

The Rohingya, described by the UN as the world's most persecuted people, have faced heightened fears of attack since dozens were killed in communal violence in 2012.

Since Aug. 25, 2017, nearly 24,000 Rohingya Muslims have been killed by Myanmar’s state forces, according to a report by the Ontario International Development Agency (OIDA).

More than 34,000 Rohingya were also thrown into fires, while over 114,000 others were beaten, said the OIDA report, titled "Forced Migration of Rohingya: The Untold Experience."

Some 18,000 Rohingya women and girls were raped by Myanmar’s army and police and over 115,000 Rohingya homes were burned down and 113,000 others vandalized, it added.

According to Amnesty International, more than 750,000 Rohingya refugees, mostly children, and women, fled Myanmar and crossed into neighboring Bangladesh after Myanmar forces launched a crackdown on the minority Muslim community in August 2017.

The UN also documented mass gang rapes, killings -- including of infants and young children -- brutal beatings, and disappearances committed by Myanmar state forces. In its report, UN investigators said such violations may have constituted crimes against humanity.

Bahrain’s Shiite worshipers have reportedly been instructed by authorities not to pray at the sites of demolished Shiite mosques.

Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA): Bahrain’s Shiite worshipers have reportedly been instructed by authorities not to pray at the sites of demolished Shiite mosques.

The country’s opposition Al-Wefaq movement said in a statement on Sunday that a number of people were summoned by police and ordered to sign a pledge not to organize congregational prayers at the aforementioned locations.

According to Al-Wefaq, the latest threat of punitive measures by authorities is also designed to obstruct calls for the reconstruction of the mosques.

Bahraini authorities bulldozed at least 30 Shiite religious sites over a two-month period at the height of anti-regime protests in 2011.

Since then, Shiite worshipers have regularly gathered to hold small group prayers at those sites.

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Bahrain - you can't force them to have a revolution if they don't want to. They made some protests, but its quite apparent by now, they don't want anything more than that, and more frankly they can’t do anything more than that.

Only Muslims we have forgotten are the Rohingya Muslims, because unfortunately there are no political interests there.

1. But they are resisting them.

@Ashvazdanghe I don’t think we have forgotten them. I see them on the news on press tv. Sayed Hassan mentioned them on Quds day and their resistance.

2. Bahrain I don't know. These revolution things take time. They may go up and down. It’s hard when they keep imprisoning their scholars who light those fires. But you can find clips where they are throwing Molotov’s at military vehicles. God knows what will happen.

3.Rohingiya aren’t forgotten but they are not mentioned as much now. Not due to political interests though. Their oppression is acknowledged and an example of the hatred the enemies of Islam have for Muslims. The issue has been known for a while though it’s gotten heavy attention only very recently though.

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3.Rohingiya aren’t forgotten but they are not mentioned as much now. Not due to political interests though. Their oppression is acknowledged and an example of the hatred the enemies of Islam have for Muslims. The issue has been known for a while though it’s gotten heavy attention only very recently though.

Then lets stop talking about Palestine and Yemen. Its been acknowledged that they are oppressed and its been known for a while